Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.
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21,052 projects harvested so far — page 248 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Validated Engineering Tools for Thin-Ply Composites | Completed | 6 | Deployables, Docking, and Interfaces | Opterus Research and Development, Inc. |
| FLITE Core Human/Autonomy Interaction | Completed | 2 | Integrated Systems and Ancillary Technologies | Atlantic Drone Pros, LLC |
| HeldenDesign: An Automated Aircraft Drag Optimization Method Using Knowledge-Based Design Tools | Completed | 7 | Advanced Atmospheric Flight Vehicles | Helden Aerospace Corporation |
| ParaSol - A Novel Deployable Approach for Very Large Ultra-lightweight Solar Arrays | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Concepts | Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc |
| TORC-SP: High Torque, Low Jitter Scissored-Pair CMG Technology | Completed | 4 | Fault Response | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| Autonomous Coordinated Operations Response Network for Fault Detection, Isolation, and Response | Completed | 4 | Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis | Blue Sun Enterprise, Inc. |
| CRISSP - Customizable Recyclable International Space Station Packaging | Completed | 4 | Logistics Management | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| Autonomous DIAL-based Tropospheric Ozone Profiler | Completed | 4 | Lasers | Bridger Photonics, Inc. |
| Universal Docking Interface for Free-Flying Robots | Completed | 4 | Modularity, Commonality, and Interfaces | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| A Compact, Wide Area Surveillance 3D Imaging LIDAR Providing UAS Sense and Avoid Capabilities | Completed | 5 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Irvine Sensors Corporation |
| Variable Gas-Conductance Radiator: Lightweight, High Turndown Spacecraft Radiator | Completed | 4 | Heat Rejection and Storage | Quest Thermal Group |
| A novel chip-scale seed source at 1645nm for methane LIDARs | Completed | 5 | Lasers | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Tunable Narrow Linewidth, Low Noise 2.05 Micron Single Frequency Seeder Laser | Completed | 5 | Lasers | NP Photonics, Inc. |
| Vacuum-Regenerable Sorbent for NASA’s Exploration Portable Life Support System | Completed | 4 | Portable Life Support System | XploSafe, LLC |
| 6 CFM Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump and Compressor | Completed | 5 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | — |
| A Rapid Model Fitting Tool Suite | Completed | 7 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Tech-X Corporation |
| Advanced Science Modeling for Mission Planning & Analysis | Completed | 4 | Collaborative Science and Engineering | Ascending Node Technologies, LLC |
| High Radiation Tolerant Star Tracker for Icy Ocean Worlds Exploration | Completed | 4 | Navigation Sensors | NewBridge Partners, Inc. |
| Multi-Function Fluid Measurement System using High-Definition Fiber Optic Sensing | Completed | 3 | Operations, Health, and Maintenance for Ground and Surface Systems | Luna Innovations, Inc. |
| Hybrid-Electric and All-Electric Rotorcraft Analysis and Tool Development | Completed | 3 | Software Analysis and Design Tools | Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. |
| Wide Throttling, High Throughput Hall Thruster for Science and Exploration Missions | Completed | 4 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Busek Company, Inc. |
| Advanced Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Radiometer for Trace Gas and Aerosol Observations | Completed | 6 | Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves | SciGlob Instruments & Services, LLC |
| 100s of kW Peak Power Fiber Amplifier for Next-Generation LiDAR Application | Completed | 3 | Lasers | AdValue Photonics, Inc. |
| Versatile Attitude Control Actuators for Sub-Milliarcsecond Precision Pointing | Completed | 4 | Control Force and Torque Actuators | Busek Company, Inc. |
| Robust Aeroservoelastic Control Utilizing Physics-Based Aerodynamic Sensing | Completed | 3 | Aeroelasticity | Tao of Systems Integration, Inc. |
| Multi-Physics Approach to Simulate Dust Accumulation/Removal | Completed | 3 | Materials for Extreme Environments | MotionPort, LLC |
| Iodine Hall Thruster for Space Exploration | Completed | 5 | Electrostatic Propulsion | Busek Company, Inc. |
| Unified Representation for Collaborative Visualization of Planetary Terrain Data | Completed | 4 | Onboard Mapping and Data Analysis | DigitalFish, Inc. |
| Hydrogenous Polymer-Regolith Composites for Radiation-Shielding Materials | Completed | 5 | Protection Systems | International Scientific Technologies, Inc. |
| Wide-Temperature Radiation-Hardened Interface Chipsets Utilizing Delay-Insensitive Asynchronous Logic | Completed | 3 | Operational Trust Building | Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc. |
| Precision Heated Tooling for OOA Curing of Thin-Ply Composites | Completed | 7 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. |
| Torque Control of Friction Stir Welding | Completed | 5 | Electromagnetic Tethers | Longhurst Engineering, PLC |
| PermiAM: Engineered Porosity In-Situ with Fully Dense AM Structure | Completed | 4 | Earth Storable Propellants | Masten Space Systems, Inc. |
| Real-Time Thermal Stir Weld Temperature Monitor | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Industrial Measurement Systems Inc. |
| Packaging and Manufacturing Processes to Enable Production of Very Large Solar Sails for Next Generation Missions | Completed | 5 | Solar Sails | Nexolve Holding Company, LLC |
| Direct Write Lightning Protection and Damage Detection | Completed | 4 | Environment Sensors | MesoScribe Technologies, Inc. |
| Open-Source Pipeline for Large-Scale Data Processing, Analysis and Collaboration | Completed | 6 | Intelligent Data Understanding | Creare, LLC |
| Optically Interrogated Thin Film Strain Gauge for Balloon | Completed | 4 | Flexible Material Systems | Creare, LLC |
| Embedded Fiber Optic Shape Sensing for Aeroelastic Wing Components | Completed | 3 | Aeroelasticity | Luna Innovations, Inc. |
| High Temperature "Smart" P3 Sensors and Electronics for Distributed Engine Control | Completed | 6 | Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion | Sporian Microsystems, Inc. |
| Refractory Metal Coated Uranium Nitride Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Plasma Processes, LLC |
| Active CryoCubeSat | Completed | 5 | Thermal Conditioning for Sensors, Instruments, Samples, and High-Efficiency Electric Motors | Utah State University |
| Modular Advanced Networked Telerobotic Interface System (MANTIS) | Completed | 3 | Dexterous Manipulation | Tethers Unlimited Inc |
| A Quantum Cascade Laser-Based CO Sensor for Fire Warning | Completed | 6 | Fire Detection, Suppression, and Recovery | Maxion Technologies, Inc. |
| Novel Silicon Carbide Deep Ultraviolet Detectors: Device Modeling, Characterization, Design and Prototyping | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | CoolCAD Electronics, LLC |
| A Novel, Portable, Projection, Focusing Schlieren System | Completed | 6 | Mechanical and Structural Integrity Testing | MetroLaser, Inc. |
| Precision Femtosecond Laser Additive Manufacturing and Athermal Welding | Completed | 6 | Manufacturing Processes | Polaronyx, Inc. |
| Plug-and-Play Compatibility for CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Systems | Completed | 4 | Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Sensor Processing and Processors | Adcole Maryland Aerospace, LLC |
| Penetrating Backscatter X-Ray Imaging System | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Physical Optics Corporation |
| Vision-Based Automation System for Safe and Efficient Taxi Operations | Completed | 3 | All-Electric Propulsion | Optimal Synthesis, Inc. |
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